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[Page S2631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CLOTURE MOTION
Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending
cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The bill clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination
of Joseph F. Bianco, of New York, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Second Circuit.
Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, John Boozman, Mitt Romney,
Roy Blunt, Joni Ernst, Mike Braun, Thom Tillis, John
Hoeven, Pat Roberts, Johnny Isakson, Mike Rounds, James
E. Risch, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Roger F. Wicker,
John Barrasso.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the
nomination of Joseph F. Bianco, of New York, to be United States
Circuit, Judge for the Second Circuit shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the
Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Florida (Mr.
Rubio), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio)
would have voted ``yea''.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker),
the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from
California (Ms. Harris), and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar)
are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Boozman). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 40, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 95 Ex.]
YEAS--51
Alexander
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hawley
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Johnson
Jones
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rounds
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Sinema
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Wicker
Young
NAYS--40
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Feinstein
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Leahy
Markey
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Smith
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NOT VOTING--9
Booker
Gillibrand
Harris
Isakson
Klobuchar
Moran
Murkowski
Rubio
Toomey
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are
40.
The motion is agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
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